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City Pairings
loose match
Dodoma, Tanzania and Quito, Ecuador are a loose climate match — 12,687 km (7,883 mi) apart. Dodoma is Köppen zone BSh; Quito is Cfc.
See Dodoma on the interactive map →Dodoma is classed hot steppe (BSh) while Quito is subpolar oceanic (Cfc) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. Roughly 12,687 km (7,883 mi) separates them — far enough that Quito feels like another continent, close enough on the climate numbers to stand in for Dodoma.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Dodoma, though not a perfect copy. January means differ by 8°C (Quito cooler); July by 4°C (Quito cooler). Rainfall shifts more: Quito is 25 mm drier in January, and 20 mm wetter in July.
Sunshine stays close: Quito at 10.3 h/day on average versus 10.7 h/day in Dodoma (January 9.9 h / 10.4 h, July 10.7 h / 10.9 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (7 µg/m³ in Quito, 10 in Dodoma). Humidity: dew point in Quito runs about 10°C lower in January (7°C vs 17°C), so the air feels drier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Quito, Ecuador is the closest distant match for Dodoma, Tanzania — scored loose, about 12,687 km (7,883 mi) away.
Dodoma and Quito are separated by roughly 12,687 km (7,883 mi) on the great-circle route.
Yes — both cities are in the same hemisphere, so summer and winter fall in the same calendar months.
No — Dodoma is hot steppe (BSh) and Quito is subpolar oceanic (Cfc), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Dodoma has a hot steppe climate (BSh). January averages a high of 29°C and a low of 18°C with 135 mm of rain; July averages 26°C / 13°C and 0 mm.
Dodoma averages about 10.4 hours of sunshine a day in January and 10.9 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 11.7 µg/m³ (US AQI 51); July averages 9.3 µg/m³ (US AQI 47).
Other close climate matches for Dodoma: Bukavu (loose), Kinshasa (loose), Cape Town (loose).
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